‘Waste of space’: Ray Hadley unloads on Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Kevin Rudd
As Penny Wong wings her way to the US for Quad talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the veteran broadcaster says the foreign minister will be weighed down by her party’s Palestine baggage and her former colleague’s wayward tongue.
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On The Ray Hadley Midday Show, the veteran broadcaster puts a rocket up Foreign Minister Penny Wong, observing that when Wong meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for Quad talks this week, she’ll be carrying a truckload of baggage.
That includes the Australian government’s lazy response to President Trump’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities, her inability to express sustained support for the plight of Israel since the Hamas attack and her former colleague Kevin Rudd’s insulting comments about Trump.
Watch the video below.
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